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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-21

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Apr 21

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

104 head

▲ 22 vs last sale 82▲ 2 vs year ago 102 · +2.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated to the previous slaughter auction due to light numbers. Demand today was very good for choice slaughter steers and heifers. Trade was active. Supply was light but consignments saw quality home raised cattle.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Heifers	Select	Average	1,090	256.69	2,798	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,340	242.31	3,246	26
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,387	236.81	3,283	4thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,174	264.41	3,104	10
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,256	261.98	3,290	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,500	244.59	3,670	46

Every lot

9 lots · USDA AMS · Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,174	264.41/cwt	240.00–269.00	3,104	10
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,256	261.98/cwt	259.00–263.50	3,290	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,495	244.56/cwt	240.00–247.00	3,656	45
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,745	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	4,293	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,090	256.69/cwt	241.00–267.00	2,798	5
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,205	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,868	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,313	242.92/cwt	241.00–247.50	3,190	24
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,447	236.41/cwt	235.00–239.00	3,421	3
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,660	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	3,901	2

This sale against other markets

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Apr 21, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 104Last week 82Year ago 102

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,313	241.00–247.50	242.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,447	235.00–239.00	236.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,660	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,090	241.00–267.00	256.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,495	240.00–247.00	244.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,745	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,174	240.00–269.00	264.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,256	259.00–263.50	261.98

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.